Why were the persecutions of witches less violent in the more Catholic regions of Iberia and the Italian peninsula?
a) The Inquisition in these regions was more concerned with suppressing heretics and secret Jews; by contrast, places like the German Empire had multiple versions of Christianity, so “heretics” were harder to spot, but there was greater agreement on who was a “witch.”
b) The Inquisition had a specific order of offenses, and being a secret Jew or Muslim outranked being a witch in the hierarchy of serious crimes against the Church.
Consider This: How big a role did magic and the occult play in the daily life of the ancien régime? See 3.5: Narrative: Spells for Sale.
c) Witchcraft was not really present in the more Catholic regions and, even where it was, it was fairly minor, as with Laura Malipiero’s love potions.
Consider This: How big a role did magic and the occult play in the daily life of the ancien régime? See 3.5: Narrative: Spells for Sale.
d) The papacy declared that certain kinds of witchcraft were permissible as long as they did not directly invoke the Devil; this of course did not hold sway in Protestant regions.
Consider This: How big a role did magic and the occult play in the daily life of the ancien régime? See 3.5: Narrative: Spells for Sale.
a) The Inquisition in these regions was more concerned with suppressing heretics and secret Jews; by contrast, places like the German Empire had multiple versions of Christianity, so “heretics” were harder to spot, but there was greater agreement on who was a “witch.”
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